Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Uirim Gaechak (醫林改錯, 1830)

Drive Out Stasis from the Mansion of Blood Decoction

Hyeolbuchugeo-tang

한글 혈부축어탕 · Pinyin Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang

血府逐瘀湯

Composition 構成

Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

16 g
Chief 君
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

12 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

12 g
Deputy 臣
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

12 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

6 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

12 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

8 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

6 g
Assistant 佐
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 100 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Invigorates Blood and dispels stasis in the chest
Moves Qi to move Blood
Unblocks fixed stabbing pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood stasis in the chest with fixed stabbing pain
Chronic headache in a fixed location
Long-standing conditions with dark tongue and choppy pulse

Biomedical correlates

Chronic chest wall and post-traumatic pain
Fixed-location chronic headache
Stubborn conditions unresponsive to conventional patterns

Clinical commentary 臨床

Wang Qing-ren's masterwork — Samul-tang's moving half fused with a Qi-regulating frame, Gilgyeong lifting to the chest while Useul pulls downward, so the stasis is worked loose from both directions. Essential thinking for chronic post-accident pain. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.